McAuley High School - Gilmarian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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All attention ocuses on Rome as Bisfiops assemble to cieeiiie measures that will serve as guides for Catliolieism or many years to come. The splendor of the Ecumenical Council is mirrored in this picture of the opening Mass on October 11, 1962. fReligious News Service Photol Charity is the crown of all virtues and its importance stems from the fact that it is love that orders our relationship with God and man. A school is a social organism, therefore McAuley will instill the spirit of charity in her student body. When issues are talked about at the Council, the discussions are carried on at a high level of intelligence. Each bishop is well-informed on the issues at hand and does not find it difficult to discuss them. McAuley realizes the im- portance not only of religion itself, but also of the knowledge that other sub- jects can give. McAuley will guide her students toward a deeper scholarship -in the Spirit of the Council. All Councils have profoundly influenced the lives of Christian men and women, because the decrees about which they debated and the doctrines they defined have enhanced Christian faith and civilization. Their influence is the influence of truth. McAu1ey's students will be taught to seek, and then live by, the truth. The source and goal of their search will be God because He is All Truth. When the Council opened, Pope John XXIII presented the goals of the Ecumenical Council in his first talk before the assembly. We have centered our theme in excerpts from this talk, fitting our student life into the broader scope of a renewed Christian life. McAuley unites herself to the Church-in the Spirit of the Council.

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McAuley Captures the Spirit of the Council Most Reverend George J. Rehring leaves the diocese of Toledo to join with bishops from all over the world in the greatest assembly of the century. On October 11, 1962, the Catholic Church gave the world a symbol as bright as the star of Bethle- hem-the Ecumenical Council. Its aims are unity and renewal: unity of all Christians and renewal of the communion in the mystical body. The Coun- cil stands as a tribute to the vigilance and care of the Church. It is an example of leadership in times of constant crisis. It is a challenge to the world. McAuley accepts the challenge. She will train her students to be strong leaders and loyal follow- ers in a world that needs both. She will teach them unity and renewal: unity on the basis of the desire to understand, and a renewal of the spirit of charity and scholarship in their daily lives. Most important of all, she will show them the truth-and help them live by it. All will be accomplished-in the Spirit of the Council. Americans show much promise for the Church, and each lVlcAuleyan will be trained to fulfill this promise of strength in the mystical body. She will be given every opportunity to form the strong char- acter of a leader. And the virtue of humility will enable her to be a loyal follower. The world must discover enough common pur- pose to operate as a genuine community or it will face destruction. The Council has defined the basis of this unity as the desire to understand others. McAuley will give her students the knowledge that must precede the understanding and through vari- ous activities the school will provide her students with the experience to develop harmonious rela- tions with others. McAuley will enkindle that de- sire for unity through understanding-in the Spirit of the Council. Bishop Rehring of Toledo, Bishop Vincenzo Del Signore of Fano, and Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada join the general assembly of bishops in Rome.

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Blessing the people of the world, Pope John XXIII beginnings his way to the opening of the Second Vatican Council. CRe1igious News Service Photo.j ZVlcAuley Haiis the Mind And ttie Heart of ifie Council The Holy Father extends his hands over his people, giving them the privilege of the Papal blessing. But he has given the Church an even greater privilege-the Ecumenical Council. Pope John XXIII is both the mind and the heart of this great assembly. He has a deep love for the Catholic Church and through this Council he wishes to remove every spot and wrinkle which might obscure or distort her light as a divine institu- tion, making her less attractive than she ought to be in the world's eyes. Under the Pope, the Council is a flexible and vital body, thus helping it to achieve its goals more easily. Pope John is a revolutionary Pope, but he does not intend to force his ideas on the bishops. It is not his Council, but the world's. The state of the world today has distressed the Pope for a long time. He has heard people ask for peace and then watched them increase their threats of war. He has seen nations negotiate for agreement and then only sharpen their dissensions. He feels that the world is plunged in grave anguish and restlessness. It is the duty of the Church to give the world a light of great example, and Pope John has given us the Ecumenical Council with its central themes of unity and renewal. Because he is a great man, we dedicate THE GIL- MARIAN of 1963 to Pope John XXIII-in the Spirit of the Council. Around the world, Masses and prayers were said for the success of the Council and McAuley was a part of that union. 4